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The ARA will organize the second symposium dedicated to JET fuel on November 28th, 2018 in Addis Ababa at the Radisson Blu Hotel.

This symposium will remain a forum for exchanges and consultation to federate all the improvement initiatives for the benefit of all the operating players of downstream activities from the producer to the final consumer and particularly the Intermediaries activities that play a very important role in storage, transport, distribution....

The quality of Jet A1 is an absolute requirement, which need a continuous commitment of all the stakeholders in the supply. The African continent knows many developments in refining products and specially Jet fuel: increasing needs, more imports and operators, increasingly numerous and fragmented logistical flows,...

In this ever more complex context, it is important for the whole profession to exchange for secure operations and a Jet A1 in accordance with the international required standars for this strategic product.

The main subjects, which will be discussed during this symposium, are:

Symposium 2017 synthesis - Reminder of the resolutions and status of implementation

Ethiopia’s currency is the birr. The current value of Birr compared with the Euro is : 1 ETB = € 0.0404

According to National Bank of Ethiopia regulations, all bills in Ethiopia must be paid in birr. But this isn’t enforced and Ethiopian Airlines, most major hotels accept (and sometimes demand) US currency.

HEALTH

Yellow fever vaccination is required to enter the country. It is also advisable to keep normal vaccines up to date and add those for typhoid, hepatitis A and hepatitis B and meningitis.